Musicon / Musical education / Cadenzas
Compositions belonging to the category of chamber music, and concertos for solo instruments with orchestral accompaniment, all have individual characteristics conditioned on the expressive capacity of the apparatus. The modern piano is capable of asserting itself against a full orchestra, and ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Sonata – Concerto – Symphony
Symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos for solo instruments and orchestra, as well as the various forms of chamber music, such as trios, quartets, and quintets for strings, or pianoforte and strings, are but different expressions of the idea which is best summed up in the word sonata. What ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Chamber music represents pure thought, lofty imagination, and deep learning
Chamber music represents pure thought, lofty imagination, and deep learning. These attributes are encouraged by the idea of privacy which is inseparable from the form. Composers find it the finest field for the display of their talents because their own skill in creating is to be paired with ::More
Musicon / Beethoven / Musical education / The Birth of Chamber Music
In a broad sense, but one not employed in modern definition, Chamber music is all music not designed for performance in the church or theatre. (Out-of-door music cannot be considered among these artistic forms of aristocratic descent.) Once, and indeed at the time of its invention, the term meant ::More
Musicon / Bach / Main Works of J S Bach – Orchestral and Chamber music
Orchestral: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6 (BWV1046–51); 7 Concertos for harpsichord and strings (BWV1052–8), No. 1 in D minor, No. 2 in E, No. 3 inD, No. 4 in A, No. 5 in F minor, No. 6 in F, No. 7 in G minor; 3 concerts for 2 harpsichords and strings (BWV1060–2), No.1 in ::More
